Sentence examples for of the understudy from inspiring English sources

But despite those inspiring examples, the job of the understudy is often a thankless one.

And here's the mad generosity of the understudy: he didn't mind.

But Thomas, in the role of the understudy, does not see himself replacing Johnson, the aching former All-Star.

"I never got to go on," she said of the understudy jobs; rather, while waiting backstage, she wrote school papers on her laptop.

At the time, I was Irving Wardle's deputy on the Times and understood all too well the agony of the understudy whose presence defines someone else's absence.

Mr. Cooper portrayed Merrick as part of his senior thesis at the Actors Studio Drama School, and appeared in the festival's production of "The Understudy" by Theresa Rebeck in 2008.

Of the understudies in central defence, the former United man Mikaël Silvestre, a utility back, who moved to north London 18 months ago, has started only two league matches this season and, at 32, no longer impresses.

In another security precaution, the secret service had instituted a ban on mobile phones, but Okonedo persuaded one of the understudies to keep filming until an agent stepped across the shot.

("Happy opening to the understudies of @FiddlerBroadway!") Jon Rua's début was noted there, too, accompanied by the hashtag #breakaleg.

However, the following episode of Inside No. 9, "The Understudy", drew a lower number of viewers still, with 720,000 viewers (4.1% of the market).

The little taste of salad, with its sly crunch of dressed sprouts, is the understudy that nearly steals the show.